Constitution Flashcards
Emancipation
Setting free from servitude or slavory
Chattles
An article of personal or movable property; hence the term applied to slaves, because they were considered the personal property of their owners
Abolitionist
An advocate of the end of slavery
Speculators
Those who buy property, goods, or financial is shipments not primarily for the use but in anticipation for profitable resale after general rise in value
Townships
In America, a survey territory 6 mile Square; the term also refers to a unit of local government, smaller than a country, that is often based on the survey units
Territory
In American government, and organized political entity not yet enjoying the full and equal status of the state
Annex
To make a smaller territory or political unit part of a larger one
Quorum
The minimum number of persons who must be present in a group before can conduct valid business
Anarchy
The theory that formal government is unnecessary and wrong in principle; the term is also used generally for lawlessness and anti-governmental disorder
Bicameral
Referring to a legislative body with two houses
Unicameral
Referring to a legislative body with one house
Bill of rights
A list of fundamental freedoms assumed to be central to society
Disestablish
To separate an official state church from its connection with the government